The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
Did you ever wonder if your firewall hardware has known vulnerabilities? Would you like to read an authoritative document on securing Microsoft’s Web Server, IIS? Are you curious about the impact of latest Internet worm?
NACS makes a diligent effort to stay current on issues of network security, to make UCInet the safest infrastructure it can [...]
Computer Viruses and Hoaxes
New computer viruses arrive daily. There are a few practical steps that everyone can take to help keep computers safe.
First, be sure that your computer has updated anti-virus software installed. All modern anti-virus software can be configured for automatic updates. If your computer is using VirusScan, the “About…” menu item should report [...]
NACS Distributed Computing Support has developed software to improve campus computer security.
In the same way a night watchman proceeds through a building, turning doorknobs to check that they’re locked, hackers scan the network looking for open ports on computers. The new NACS system collects and analyzes information from UCI Unix and Linux computers to check for activity [...]
On September 9th, over 40 users and supporters of the Linux operating system attended a 2 hour talk by NACS’ Ted Gielow concerning security issues. Linux has been growing in popularity as an inexpensive and effective variety of the UNIX operating system, as it accommodates both computational and e-mail/Web server uses. Linux systems are very [...]